"engineer James Guthrie won the Grammy Award for ""Best Engineered Non-Classical Album"" for ""The Wall"", and Roger Waters won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for ""Best Original Song Written for a Film"" in 1983 for ""Another Brick in the Wall"" from ""The Wall"" film. In 1995, Pink Floyd won the Grammy for ""Best Rock Instrumental Performance"" for ""Marooned"". In 2008, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presented Pink Floyd with the Polar Music Prize for their contribution to modern music; Waters and Mason attended the ceremony and accepted the award. They were inducted into the Rock"
"a Pink Floyd concert, an album, and a single. Though Islington School received a payment of £1,000, there was no contractual arrangement for royalties. Under 1996 UK copyright law, they became eligible for royalties from broadcasts. After royalties agent Peter Rowan traced choir members through the website Friends Reunited and other means, they lodged a claim for royalties with the Performing Artists' Media Rights Association in 2004. ""Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"" was released as a single, Pink Floyd's first in the UK since ""Point Me at the Sky"" (1968). It was Pink Floyd's only number-one hit in"
"Pink Floyd). Brett Findlay joined the band as resident percussionist and remained with the band until their break-up at the end of 1999. The release of ""Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts"" was preceded by the single ""Mystical Machine Gun"" which failed to make as strong an impact on the charts as their previous singles, peaking at Number 14 and only remaining two weeks in the top 40. The album itself followed in March 1999 to mixed reviews, and only sold a mere 25,000 copies in its first week as it crawled in at Number 9 on the album chart, spending only"
"The album's only single was ""There's No Way Out of Here."" The single flopped in Europe, but became popular on Album-oriented rock radio stations in the US. The song was originally recorded by the band Unicorn (as ""No Way Out of Here"") for their 1976 album ""Too Many Crooks"" (Harvest Records, US title ""Unicorn 2""), which Gilmour produced. It was also recorded later by New Jersey stoner rock band Monster Magnet on their ""Monolithic Baby!"" album. One unused tune he wrote and demoed at the time would evolve, via collaboration with Roger Waters, into Pink Floyd's ""Comfortably Numb"" from ""The"
"Another Brick in the Wall ""Another Brick in the Wall"" is a three-part composition on Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera ""The Wall."" All three parts were written by Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters. ""Part 2"", a protest song against rigid schooling, features a children's choir singing the second verse. ""Part 2"" was released as a single, Pink Floyd's first in the UK since ""Point Me at the Sky"" (1968). It became Pink Floyd's only number-one hit in the United Kingdom, the United States, West Germany and many other countries, and sold over four million copies worldwide. It was nominated for"
"first single ""Arnold Layne"". Recorded live at London's Royal Albert Hall, the single featured versions of the song performed by Richard Wright and guest artist David Bowie. The single peaked on the UK Top 20 singles chart at number nineteen. Since their Live 8 appearance in 2005, Gilmour has repeatedly said that there will be no Pink Floyd reunion. With the death of Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright in September 2008, another reunion of the core group members became impossible. On 7 November 2014, Pink Floyd released ""The Endless River."" Gilmour stated that it is Pink Floyd's last album, saying:"
"Pink Project Pink Project was a one-hit wonder dance, pop and Italo disco band active in the early 1980s. It was the brainchild of Italian DJ-composer-keyboardist-producer Stefano Pulga (of Kano fame), together with guitarist Luciano Ninzatti, keyboardist-programmer Matteo Bonsanto and sound engineer Massimo Noè. Their only hit single, ""Disco Project"", was a mashup of Pink Floyd's ""Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"" and The Alan Parsons Project's ""Mammagamma"". The origins of ""Disco Project"" can be traced back to Pulga and Ninzatti's club nights as DJs. In early 1982, they realized that Pink Floyd's ""Another Brick in the Wall, Part"
"Pink Project Pink Project was a one-hit wonder dance, pop and Italo disco band active in the early 1980s. It was the brainchild of Italian DJ-composer-keyboardist-producer Stefano Pulga (of Kano fame), together with guitarist Luciano Ninzatti, keyboardist-programmer Matteo Bonsanto and sound engineer Massimo Noè. Their only hit single, ""Disco Project"", was a mashup of Pink Floyd's ""Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"" and The Alan Parsons Project's ""Mammagamma"". The origins of ""Disco Project"" can be traced back to Pulga and Ninzatti's club nights as DJs. In early 1982, they realized that Pink Floyd's ""Another Brick in the Wall, Part"
"and touring under the name Pink Floyd. Following an out-of-court settlement, the band enjoyed worldwide success with ""A Momentary Lapse of Reason"" (1987), ""The Division Bell"" (1994) and ""The Endless River"" (2014). Pink Floyd discography The discography of Pink Floyd, a British rock band, consists of fifteen studio albums, three live albums, nine compilation albums, four box sets, five extended plays, and twenty-seven singles. Formed in 1965, Pink Floyd initially earned recognition for their psychedelic or space rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. They are known for philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative cover art, and"
"quadruple platinum. After the release of Pink Floyd's 1983 album ""The Final Cut"", viewed by some as a ""de facto"" solo record by bassist and songwriter Roger Waters, the band members worked on solo projects. Guitarist David Gilmour expressed feelings about his strained relationship with Waters on his second solo album, ""About Face"" (1984), and finished the accompanying tour as Waters began touring to promote his debut solo album, ""The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking"". Although both had enlisted a range of successful performers, including in Waters' case Eric Clapton, their solo acts attracted fewer fans than Pink Floyd;"
"on Columbia Records. ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" was the last album that Pink Floyd were obliged to release before formally signing a new contract. Menon's enthusiasm for the new album was such that he began a huge promotional advertising campaign, which included radio-friendly truncated versions of ""Us and Them"" and ""Time"". In some countries – notably the UK – Pink Floyd had not released a single since 1968's ""Point Me at the Sky"", and unusually ""Money"" was released as a single on 7 May, with ""Any Colour You Like"" on the B-side. It reached number 13 on the"
"first single from the album, ""Heaven Give Me Words"", reached the UK Top 40 and also reached #22 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. ""Your Wildlife"" reached #32 on the U.S. Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart. Both songs were co-written by Howard Jones. Another single, ""Only One Word"" (which featured Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour), peaked at #71 in the UK. The album itself peaked at #46 on the UK Album Chart. with: 1234 (Propaganda album) 1234 is the second studio album by Propaganda. Released in 1990, Michael Mertens was the only remaining member of the group from their previous"
"for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel over the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and urged the Rolling Stones not to play in Israel in 2014. Mason is an atheist. Nick Mason Nicholas Berkeley Mason (born 27 January 1944) is an English drummer, best known as a founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Mason is the only Pink Floyd member to be featured on every one of their albums, and the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965. It is estimated that as of 2010, the group have sold over 250 million records worldwide,"
"Nick Mason Nicholas Berkeley Mason (born 27 January 1944) is an English drummer, best known as a founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Mason is the only Pink Floyd member to be featured on every one of their albums, and the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965. It is estimated that as of 2010, the group have sold over 250 million records worldwide, including 75 million units sold in the United States. Despite solely writing only a few Pink Floyd songs, Mason has co-written some of Pink Floyd's most popular compositions such"
"Pink Floyd Sound, later the Pink Floyd Blues Band and by early 1966, Pink Floyd. By early 1966, Barrett was Pink Floyd's frontman, guitarist, and songwriter. He wrote or co-wrote all but one track of their debut LP ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"", released in August 1967. Waters contributed the song ""Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk"" (his first sole writing credit) to the album. By late 1967, Barrett's deteriorating mental health and increasingly erratic behaviour, rendered him ""unable or unwilling"" to continue in his capacity as Pink Floyd's singer-songwriter and lead guitarist. In early March 1968 Pink"
"School, Hampstead, and afterwards studying at Frensham Heights School, near Farnham, Surrey. He later studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster), where he teamed up with Roger Waters, Bob Klose and Richard Wright in 1964 to form Pink Floyd's predecessor, Sigma 6. Mason has been the drummer on every Pink Floyd album. The only Pink Floyd songs whose composition is credited solely to Mason are ""The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Parts 1–3"" (from ""Ummagumma"") and ""Speak to Me"" (from ""The Dark Side of the Moon""). The one-off song by the band titled ""Nick's Boogie"" was named"
"Pink Floyd. I remember ""Another Brick in the Wall"" being No. 1 in the UK. It was December 1979. Probably my first memory of Pink Floyd. Then I actually heard ""The Wall"" album in its entirety and that's what particularly drew me to Pink Floyd about the age of 12 or 13. I was fascinated by the record that told a story, and all these sound effects linking songs together, and also the wonderful guitar work. I was already learning to play guitar and I wanted to learn to play some of these wonderful guitar solos. That was my introduction"
"Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, MC5 and Spiritualized. The band is currently signed to Thrill Jockey Records whose artist roster also includes Future Islands, Wooden Shjips, Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Matmos, Liturgy and Trans Am. The band’s first album, ""No Game To Play"", was a solo recording project by Dave W released in 2005. Julian Cope issued a limited remix of the album as ""They’ve Got Blood Like We’ve Got Blood"" on his Fuck Off and Di label. The band’s next album ""Glitter Glamour Atrocity"" (self-released) garnered the attention of Stewart Lee from the Sunday London Times creating sudden visibility for"
"however they had managed three number-one singles in the UK throughout their career. They split at the beginning of 2004, releasing a Greatest Hits album. US solo performer, Pink scored her first solo chart topper with a track taken from her second album, ""Missundaztood"". The track was called ""Just Like a Pill"" and gave P!nk her second UK number one. Her album ""Missundaztood"" only peaked at number 2 despite producing several hit singles. Increasing their popularity even further, Coldplay released their second album, and follow up to massive successful ""Parachutes"". ""A Rush of Blood to the Head"" became a great"
"attract the attention of the music industry. While in negotiations with record companies, ""IT"" co-founder and UFO club manager Joe Boyd and Pink Floyd's booking agent Bryan Morrison arranged and funded a recording session at Sound Techniques in West Hampstead. Three days later, Pink Floyd signed with EMI, receiving a £5,000 advance (). EMI released the band's first single, ""Arnold Layne"", with the B-side ""Candy and a Currant Bun"", on 10 March 1967 on its Columbia label. Both tracks were recorded on 29 January 1967. ""Arnold Layne""'s references to cross-dressing led to a ban by several radio stations; however, creative"
"Pink Floyd Pink Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. They achieved international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, extended compositions, and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and influential groups in popular music history. Pink Floyd were founded by students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on keyboards and vocals. They gained popularity performing in London's underground music scene during the late 1960s, and under Barrett's leadership released"
"Number One on the UK Singles Chart in 1988. The song's lyrics referenced the Daleks and the TARDIS, and its melody was based largely around the show's opening theme. As well as both Mankind and The Timelords, many other acts have incorporated the ""Doctor Who"" theme music into their own compositions. British rock band Pink Floyd briefly used the theme during their 1971 single ""One of These Days"", which featured a ""Doctor Who""-related music video. The theme music has also been covered by several other acts, such as Orbital, while other bands such as Coldcut have featured samples of the"
"Comfortably Numb ""Comfortably Numb"" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on their eleventh album, ""The Wall"" (1979). It was released as a single in 1980 with ""Hey You"" as the B-side. The chorus progression and guitar solos were written by guitarist David Gilmour, while the lyrics and verse progression were written by bassist Roger Waters. ""Comfortably Numb"" is one of Pink Floyd's most famous songs, renowned for its two guitar solos. In 2004, it was ranked number 314 on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 2005, it became"
"album in 1980–81, and became the only member of Pink Floyd to profit from the initial run of the costly ""Wall"" shows, since the net financial loss had to be borne by the remaining ""full-time"" members. Wright did not attend the 1982 premiere of the film version of ""Pink Floyd—The Wall"". In 1983, Pink Floyd released ""The Final Cut"", the only album from the band on which Wright does not appear. His absence from the credits was the first time fans realised he had left the group, which was officially confirmed some years later. After Waters' departure in 1985, Wright"
"story of Pink, and an appearance by David Gilmour on top of the wall to perform the climactic guitar solo in ""Comfortably Numb"". Other parts of the story were told by Gerald Scarfe animations projected onto the wall itself (these animations were later integrated into the film ""Pink Floyd: The Wall""). At the finale of the concert, the wall was demolished amidst sound effects and a spectacular light show. The earliest shows for what is considered to be ""Pink Floyd"" occurred in 1965 and included Bob Klose as a member of the band, which at the time played mainly R&B"
"1965: Their First Recordings 1965: Their First Recordings is an EP of Pink Floyd music (at the time called the Tea Set), containing songs recorded around Christmas 1964 by the band. The drums and guitars were recorded ""straight off,"" while the vocals and piano were recorded at a later date. It was released as a special edition set of two 7"" vinyl records, limited to 1,050 copies (1,000 retail and 50 promotional) available only in the EU, to extend the copyright of the recordings. These are the only officially released songs featuring guitarist Rado Klose and Juliette Gale, Richard Wright's"
"perform on the record. Smith earned an executive producer credit, and the album marked his final official contribution to the band's discography. Gilmour said it was ""A neat way of saying that he didn't ... do anything"". Waters was critical of ""Atom Heart Mother"", claiming that he would prefer if it were ""thrown into the dustbin and never listened to by anyone ever again"". Gilmour was equally dismissive of the album and once described it as ""a load of rubbish"", stating: ""I think we were scraping the barrel a bit at that period"". Pink Floyd's first number 1 album, ""Atom"
"Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is the fourth compilation album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 5 November 2001 by EMI internationally and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. It debuted at #2 on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales of 214,650 copies. It remained on the chart for 26 weeks. The album was certified Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum on 6 December 2001 in the US by the RIAA. It was certified Triple Platinum in the US on 8 January"
"to the US for a second visit. Accompanied by the Soft Machine and the Who, it marked Pink Floyd's first significant tour. In December of that year, they released ""Point Me at the Sky""; no more successful than the two singles they had released since ""See Emily Play"", it would be the band's last until their 1973 release, ""Money"". ""Ummagumma"" represented a departure from their previous work. Released as a double-LP on EMI's Harvest label, the first two sides contained live performances recorded at Manchester College of Commerce and Mothers, a club in Birmingham. The second LP contained a single"
"Cluster One ""Cluster One"", an instrumental, is the opening track on Pink Floyd's 1994 album, ""The Division Bell"". It is also the first Pink Floyd song credited to Wright/Gilmour since ""Mudmen"", from the 1972 album ""Obscured by Clouds"". It was never performed live by the band, though portions of it were included in the sound collage tape played before their 1994 concerts. The noise which opens the track caused some confusion among fans in 1994, who were unsure, on playing the album for the first time, whether or not their copy was faulty, as the noise lasts for nearly 1"
"One Slip ""One Slip"" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1987 album ""A Momentary Lapse of Reason"". The album gets its title from a line of this song's lyrics. The song was co-written by David Gilmour and Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera, who later co-produced Gilmour's ""On an Island"" album and played rhythm guitar on the subsequent tour. It was first released as the B-side to ""Learning to Fly"". It was then re-released as the third single from the album in the UK where it was a minor hit and was the fourth single from the album in the US"
"the group in 1985. The band recorded several albums, achieving worldwide success with ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" (1973), ""Wish You Were Here"" (1975), ""Animals"" (1977), and ""The Wall"" (1979); all except ""Animals"" reached number one in the US. ""The Dark Side of the Moon"" is one of the best-selling albums in the world and ""The Wall"" is the highest-certified multiple-disc album by the Recording Industry Association of America. In 1986, Waters declared Pink Floyd ""a spent force"" and sued to dissolve their partnership and retire the name Pink Floyd, but the remaining members, led by Gilmour, continued recording"
"following songs were considered for inclusion: Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd is the fourth compilation album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 5 November 2001 by EMI internationally and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. It debuted at #2 on the ""Billboard"" 200 album chart on 24 November 2001, with sales of 214,650 copies. It remained on the chart for 26 weeks. The album was certified Gold, Platinum and Double Platinum on 6 December 2001 in the US by the RIAA. It was certified Triple Platinum"